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What’s the Plan Stan? CONTENTS Section 1 - Introduction 1. Welcome to What’s the Plan Stan? 3 2. The four Rs of emergency management 5 Section 2 - Unit plans and activities 3. Unit Plans, activities and related cross-curricular lessons 7 4. Disaster activities and homework sheets 33 5. Disaster fact sheets 40 Section 3 - Roles, simulation and practice activities 6. Roles 49 7. Simulation and practice activities 54 Section 4 - Templates and other resources 8. Templates 65 9. Other resources 99 10. Glossary 107 www.whatstheplanstan.govt.nz 1 - Introduction and The Four Rs Of Emergency Management Welcome to What’s the Plan Stan? Introduction What’s in this resource? In New Zealand, we are constantly exposed to This resource has three components, each of which the risk of disasters. Earthquakes, floods, storms, can be used independently or in conjunction with volcanic eruptions and non-natural hazards all each other: have the potential to damage and destroy. Our • A guide for teachers, including unit plans and country lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire, a zone that activities. encircles the base of the Pacific Ocean, making us particularly vulnerable to natural disasters such as • A CD–Rom for teachers and students, including earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. stories, interactive games, research material, tips for teachers and resources that can be cut While we cannot prevent disasters, it is important and pasted into unit plans. that we understand them, what they can do, and the steps we can take to ensure we are able to • A poster promoting What’s the Plan Stan? cope. Experience around the world has shown that where people are aware of the risks around them and plan their response, the injuries, damage and subsequent trauma are significantly reduced. Using the resource Involving students in an educational programme 3 The resource can be used to incorporate civil that focuses on disasters and emergencies will defence emergency management contexts and help them to prepare and give them the skills to activity–based learning across all areas of the act in a safe manner, if such a situation arises. Their curriculum. It focuses on four essential skills: increased awareness and understanding of the risks may also prompt their parents and families to 1. communication skills be better prepared. 2. information skills What’s the Plan Stan is a Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management initiative for primary 3. problem–solving skills schools, featuring Stan the dog and five children 4. social and co–operative skills. - Dan, Ana, Frankie, Matt and Beth - who model what to do in an emergency. What’s the Plan Stan focuses on: • earthquakes “Disasters can strike at any • tsunami time, and often without • volcanoes warning. Will you and your students • storms know what to do when • floods disaster strikes?” • non–natural disasters. What’s the Plan Stan has a website with information, interactive activities and templates that are regularly updated: www.whatstheplanstan.govt.nz Opportunities exist within the resource for 2. Fun activities, information and interactive students to develop the new key competencies stories for students, including: and use them for further learning. The draft National Curriculum outlines five key • facts on earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, competencies: floods, storms and non-natural disasters 1. relating to others • map of disasters and events in New Zealand 2. managing self • interactive stories and quiz games 3. participating and contributing • information on selected historic disasters 4. thinking • photographs and video clips. 5. using languages, symbols and text. Getting started The guide If you’ve read the guide and you’re keen to get The guide includes: started: • unit plans, activities and ideas to increase • Share What’s the Plan Stan during a staff or students’ confidence in emergency planning syndicate meeting or display the resources in and practice the staffroom. • fact sheets about different types of disasters • Load the CD-Rom onto your school computers or intranet, so teachers and students can access • simulation and practice activities that involve it straight away. 4 the school and reinforce previous learning • Share the poster with students at assembly; • information about the roles of principals, then display it in a prominent place. Boards of Trustees and the community • Plan your own teaching and learning to suit the • templates (including What if cards) for the needs of your students using the unit plans and activities activities. • a list of suggested resources including books • Place the What if cards (these have been and websites. duplicated in Template 1, pages 65 - 71 so Teachers are encouraged to modify and adapt you can photocopy and make further cards if the unit plans and activities to suit the needs required) inside the plastic sleeves. of their students. Ideally a school approach is • Inform and involve parents, using the school recommended as this is an effective way to newsletter or homework ideas. share planning and resources (while all focusing on the same topic), to involve the wider school community and outside agencies, and to learn from each other. Helpful symbols The following symbols are used throughout this What’s on the CD-Rom? guide to indicate where the CD-Rom and /or website can be used. This CD-Rom has two sections: What’s the Plan Stan website 1. Useful resources for teachers, including: Whats the Plan Stan CD-Rom • Word and PDF files of theWhat’s the Plan Stan Teachers’ Guide, unit plans and all the templates, for printing and adapting • links to websites and organisations • ideas for using this CD-Rom with students. The four Rs of emergency management Most teachers know about the three Rs in schools, Some things you and your students can do include: but when it comes to civil defence emergency management the four Rs approach is a widely used • know how to drop, cover and hold to reduce resilience model. The unit plans in this guide focus the effects of earthquakes on all four Rs of emergency management1 : • create an emergency plan Reduction Reducing Reduction and • know how to turn off water, electricity, and gas the effects of readiness deal hazards as far as with how we • practise emergency drills practicable. manage the risk • how to prepare for hazards in your area. Readiness Ready to and the hazards. respond if an emergency or Response hazard event occurs. Actions taken immediately before, during or directly after an emergency, to save lives and Response Responding Response and property, and to help communities to recover. appropriately. recovery deal Recovery Recovering with how we There will be a co–ordinated response during as quickly as manage the large–scale emergencies, often with involvement possible after emergency and from a lot of responding agencies with different the event. its ongoing roles and responsibilities. effects. ‘Response’ relates to the Social Sciences curriculum Social Organisation strand, where the following Reduction achievement aims are explored: • Identifying and analysing long–term risks to From their study of Social Organisation, students will human life and property from natural or non- understand: natural hazards. • people’s organisation in groups, and • Taking steps to eliminate these risks if • the rights, roles, and responsibilities of people as practicable, and, if not, reducing the magnitude they interact within groups 2. of their impact, and the likelihood of their occurring. Recovery Readiness The co-ordinated efforts and processes used to bring about the immediate, medium and Developing operational systems and capabilities long term holistic regeneration of a community before a civil defence emergency happens. following a civil defence emergency. • Having the things ready that you will need to • Who can help? survive. • What can they offer? • Knowing what you should do in the event of an emergency. • How is recovery co–ordinated? There are several things you and your students can The first priority in the recovery phase includes the do to reduce the impact of disasters when they safety of individuals. Recovery will last well beyond happen. A number of ideas are included in the unit the response phase and in large events can last plans and activities on pages 8 - 32, years after the initial impact. www.whatstheplanstan.govt.nz and the CD–Rom 1 Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management.2006 2 Ministry of Education 1997, Social Studies in the New Zealand Curriculum, Learning Media, Wellington, 2 - Unit Plans and Activities Unit plans, activities and related cross-curricula lessons This section has unit plans that can be adapted to suit the range of abilities in your class and particular interests of your students. Each unit has a selection of activities that can be mixed and matched to meet your own learning intentions or school focus. It also suggests ways to include civil defence emergency management as a context for learning across the other essential learning areas of the curriculum, either as one-off lessons or a series of lessons. The activities in this section are linked to specific curriculum achievement objectives from the English, Social Studies and Health and Physical Education curricula. Some activities require the use of pictures or other resources, many of which are available on the CD–Rom. The unit plans are for a suggested two to three weeks, but can be adapted to meet the needs of your teaching and learning programme. A whole– school focus coinciding with Disaster Reduction Week (second week in October) and finishing with the simulation activity on pages 54 - 63 would be ideal. Alternatively, the unit plans could be used at the start of the school year when establishing emergency routines. Other activities can be found on the disaster activity sheets on pages 33 - 39 or on www.whatstheplanstan.govt.nz “Disaster Reduction Week is observed during the second week of October each year .